The Chef Rules the Last Days
Chapter 244 - 242: Lingering

Chapter 244: Chapter 242: Lingering

Peaceful days were probably running short.

After five o’clock, hot water was no longer provided, yet it was already nighttime, and Su Mo had boiled a pot of hot water in the bathroom, humming as she began to shower.

Her room door was quietly opened, and the keenly auditory Su Mo immediately detected footsteps outside.

With a wary expression, she immediately wrapped herself in a towel, stepped out, and stood behind the door with a Tang Blade in her hand, "Who is it?"

Lu Chen stood by the table where there was a gift box, bearing the name Lu Jin as the sender.

A flash of coldness passed through his eyes as he placed his hand over the box and threw it into the Space.

Slowly, Su Mo placed her hand on the doorknob and slowly twisted it open.

The bathroom door creaked open, releasing a puff of steam.

Su Mo walked out barefoot, with her alertness at its peak, and was immediately stunned upon seeing the man sitting by the bed.

To her appearance, wrapped in a towel and wielding a knife, a trace of amusement spilled from Lu Chen’s eyes, "Planning to kill me?"

Su Mo sheathed her blade, and her cheeks quickly blushed, "How did you get in? I locked the door!"

The man leisurely pulled out a key from his pocket, "Got it from downstairs."

"You!" Su Mo suddenly remembered that night he had also sneaked in, she slapped her forehead, annoyed at herself for forgetting, "I’ll go change and send you back."

She intended to retreat to the bathroom to change; however, the person on the chair was no longer in his place, and before Su Mo could react, Lu Chen had already torn open the space and rolled them onto the bed.

She was trapped in the soft bed, her hands bound above her head, completely unable to move.

Su Mo, of course, saw the emotions bubbling in his eyes and she struggled, speaking in a panic, "Lu Chen, not now! There’s a banquet tomorrow."

"It’s in the evening," he murmured into her ear as he leaned down.

Su Mo’s toes curled up nervously, she bit her lip and hurriedly said, "I have things to prepare for tomorrow, I need to meet with Zhao Changsheng..."

"I’ll take you there; we have more important things to do right now," his breathing grew heavier.

Su Mo’s eyes almost teared up in frustration, "But your attribute boost lasts for 5 hours!"

"Wasn’t it you who gave it to me? I’ve been holding back until now," he lifted his head from her neck, his eyes teasing.

Su Mo then realized, "You did that on purpose!"

"Yeah,"

"Still, we can’t, we have no measures! Stop it!"

"I’ll be careful."

Without giving her a chance to resist, he sealed her still chattering lips with his thin ones.

...

When she woke up, she was still encircled in his arms.

She yawned, her expression bewildered.

"Awake?"

Her naive and cute yet somewhat sexy face made the man’s eyes darken momentarily; he rolled his throat and planted a kiss on her cheek.

"Mhm," Su Mo hugged his brawny waist, zoned out for quite a while before asking, "What time is it?"

"Noon," he brushed away the hair sticking to her face, his eyes tender.

Su Mo slowly sat up, moved her legs, and the tearing pain almost brought her to tears, "Hiss, you definitely did this on purpose so I wouldn’t make it to the banquet today."

Lu Chen lifted the blanket, walked to the bed’s side, and scooped her up, "I said I’d take you."

She was carried by him to the bathroom, and it was only when she faced the mirror that she saw her body was completely marred.

Su Mo couldn’t help but punch him, "How am I supposed to get dressed like this?"

Lu Chen was tickled by the punch, he glanced at the sky outside the window and said to himself, "No rush to get dressed, we still have time."

"What?" Su Mo was stunned.

From the bathroom, came Su Mo’s frustrated roar, "Lu Chen! You said we were just going to bathe!"

...

When she came out again, Su Mo was like a mess of mud as he held her and sat her down on a chair.

The person in front of her had already gotten dressed, radiant and glowing.

Lu Chen rubbed the top of her head, "I’ll come back to pick you up."

Su Mo weakly glanced at him, "Got it."

The man changed clothes and walked out the door, Su Mo rubbing her waist, surveyed the messy sheets, stained with a smear of bright red blood, the room’s scent still lingering.

Su Mo’s face heated up suddenly and she averted her eyes, she looked toward the table, then raised an eyebrow, the box that Lu Jin had given her was gone?

Only then did she vaguely understand why all the large "strawberry" marks on her body were in such conspicuous places.

Lu Chen left the building, his eyes cold as he casually tossed the gift box that had appeared in his hand.

When he got to the training area, Hu Ding was feeding a few chickens.

The clean and refreshing look on his face contrasted starkly with Hu Ding’s haggard expression.

After scattering a handful of rice, Hu Ding looked at him mournfully, "I waited for you all night."

"Something came up," Lu Chen stared at the chickens, "Send over the eggs that are laid in the next few days."

"What?!" Hu Ding quickly chased the chickens back into the coop, "No, the last time Da Bai stole several eggs, these are needed for hatching chicks."

The man did not argue with him about this, but instead turned and walked toward the small building in the training area, "How was the situation yesterday?"

Hearing this, Hu Ding immediately stood up and followed him, saying, "You were spot on, sure enough, a group came last night trying to abduct that hypnotist."

Lu Chen’s steps didn’t stop, he spoke coldly, "The soldier I ordered to come find you to pass on the message yesterday, dealt with it."

Hu Ding nodded, the Jiang Residence had a mole, Lu Chen had found out long ago, but had taken no action until today, when he finally decided to make a move.

"Also," Lu Chen’s eyes flashed sharply, "send the bodies to the Lu Family after tonight’s banquet and let them deal with it themselves."

"Understood," Hu Ding followed behind him, "The intelligence in Sheng City you all went to was actually wrong?"

"Hmm."

"It figures, given how rare this thing appears, I’ve only seen the one Rong Bai brought back," Hu Ding didn’t delve further

Inside the small building, in a separate compartment, a woman dressed plainly was bound to a chair, unable to move, several superpower users standing by her side.

When Lu Chen entered, they saluted and then exited.

The man pulled up a chair and sat in front of her, the female doctor’s eyes were swollen from crying, her appearance quite wretched.

Hu Ding stepped forward and ripped off the tape from her mouth.

"It really wasn’t my fault, Commander Jiang ordered me to do this," the female doctor burst into tears immediately.

Lu Chen frowned and asked coldly, "How long will recovery take?"

"Wha... what?" the female doctor was taken aback.

The man pointed to his head.

The oppressive aura coming from him made the female doctor shudder, she stammered with her head lowered, "If you cooperate, it’s easy, I only need an hour."